Milo Ventimiglia Won't Be the Only Gilmore Girls Alum on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4

See which Gilmore Girls star just joined the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season four.

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Kelly Bishop is bringing some Emily Gilmore energy to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

On Tuesday, June 29, it was revealed that the Gilmore Girls star has joined season four of the Amazon Prime Video hit. The critically-acclaimed show confirmed the casting news by sharing a sneak peek at Kelly’s character, who looks just fierce by the way. In a video shared on the Mrs. Maisel Instagram account, the 77-year-old actress is seen walking to set dressed in a fabulously stripped coat, teal gloves and maroon hat.

And it seems as though Kelly’s Mrs. Maisel character shares some traits with the Gilmore matriarch as she kept a steely stare for the entire video. “If looks could kill,” the caption read. “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Kelly Bishop to Season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!”

This casting news comes less than a month after it was revealed that Milo Ventimiglia, who also starred on Gilmore Girls, had joined the cast.

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While it’s unclear if Milo and Kelly will interact much during the new season, it does feel like a mini reunion for The WB dramedy, which Mrs. Maisel creator Amy Sherman-Palladino also created. However, this isn’t the first time that Amy and Kelly have reunited for a project.

We’re, of course, talking about the short-lived ABC Family—now Freeform—dramedy, Bunheads. The beloved one-season show, which was created by Amy and Lamar Damon, followed former showgirl Michelle (Sutton Foster) as she taught at a dance school belonging to her mother-in-law, Fanny (Kelly).

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Prior seasons of Mrs. Maisel have featured plenty of Gilmore Girls alums. In fact, Mrs. Maisel star Alex Borstein appeared on Gilmore Girls as Drella, the Independence Inn’s harpist, and Miss Celine, Emily Gilmore’s go-to stylist. Oh, and we can’t forget to mention how Gilmore Girls‘ Liza Weil (a.k.a. Paris Gellar), Brian Tarantina (a.k.a. Bootsy) and Emily Bergl (a.k.a. Francie Jarvis) also made appearances on Mrs. Maisel.

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As to what fans can expect from season four? We’re expecting lots of laughs and life lessons as season three ended on a low for Susie and Midge.

The first three seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel are available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Here's Your First Look at Sex Education Season 3

See what your favorite Sex Education characters are up to ahead of the season three premiere on September 17, plus check out adorable BTS pics from filming.

Let’s talk about sex, baby. 

Netflix’s hit series Sex Education returns for a third season on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. The new eight-episode season is all about change: Otis (Asa Butterfield) is having casual sex, Jean (Gillian Anderson) has a baby on the way, Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling) develops a crush and Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Adam (Connor Swindells) are officially dating. 

The new school year also brings headteacher Hope (Jemima Kirke) to campus to restore Moordale to a “pillar of excellence,” according to an official Netflix announcement. Speaking of academics, Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood) finds her passion while studying feminism, plus the ensemble cast tries to decipher that lost voicemail from season two.

“Prepare for commitment animals, alien phenomena, vulva cupcakes and much more of Madam Groff,” the press release continued. 

Fans can also look forward to new cast members, including Jason Isaacs as Mr. Groff’s successful older brother Peter and Indra Ové playing Elsie’s foster mother Anna. Songwriter Dua Saleh also makes their acting debut as Cal, a non-binary student at Moordale.

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Sex Education is written and created by Laurie Nunn and produced by Eleven. The writing team includes Sophie Goodhart, Selina Lim, Mawaan Rizwan, Temi Wilkey and Alice Seabright, with additional material from Jodie Mitchell. Season three is directed by Ben Taylor and Runyararo Mapfumo, with Laurie Nunn, Ben Taylor and Jamie Campbell as executive producers. 

Check out the first-look images below for more info on the new season, plus special behind-the-scenes snapshots taken by star Tanya Reynolds who plays Lily!

Sex Education season three premieres on Netflix on Friday, September 17. 

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Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong and Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn

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Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee Gibbs and Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley

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Connor Swindells as Adam Groff

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Chinenye Ezeudu as Viv and Jemima Kirke as Hope

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Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson Marchetti, Dua Saleh as Cal and Chinenye Ezeudu as Viv

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Tanya Reynolds shared this BTS pic while filming during the coronavirus pandemic.

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More behind-the-scenes moments thanks to Tanya.

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Chinenye is working on set. 

Everything We Know About a Potential Mare of Easttown Season 2

Mare of Easttown was designed to be a limited series, but no one is closing the book on a second season just yet. See what creator Brad Ingelsby said about continuing the show.

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More Mare? Maybe!

While the first and currently only season of Mare of Easttown seemed to be a pretty open and shut case, the door has not been entirely closed to another installment. HBO boss Casey Bloys said it, star Kate Winslet said it, and most importantly, creator and writer Brad Ingelsby is saying that a season two is not an impossibility. The problem is, as it usually is, whether or not there’s a story to be told. 

In a new interview with TVLine, Ingelsby laid it out on the table. 

“If we can crack a story that is as great [as Season 1] and that would do justice to the characters and carry on the story in a way that was organic and yet surprising, I would love to do it,” he told the site. “I just don’t know what the story is. That’s the issue right now.”

Bloys gave similar quotes to Variety earlier this month, confirming that “everybody would be open to it” as soon as Ingelsby had a plan for a second season. And Winslet is most definitely on board. 

 

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“I would absolutely love to play Mare again,” she previously told TVLine. “I miss her. I really do. It’s the strangest thing. I feel like I’m in mourning. It was an absolutely wonderful role… There’s something very addictive about Mare, because she’s so outrageous and lovable and brilliant and real, you know? I loved playing her.”

It wouldn’t be totally out of the blue to give Mare another murder to solve—she is a detective, after all—but Mare of Easttown isn’t just about Mare solving murders. The case in the first season was so wrapped up in her personal life and involved one of her very best friends, and it all connected to Mare’s grief over her son’s suicide, which she was learning to deal with throughout the series. 

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Ingelsby told TVLine that there’s the possibility that a season two “lightbulb moment” may never come. 

“We gave Mare such a personal arc where she had to confront this loss in her life, and we would have to construct another emotional arc that was able to compete with [that],” he explained. “And I’m also acutely aware of the dangers of doing a Season 2 just because you have the [opportunity] to do it. I would only want to do it if we were convinced we had something great.”

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Before the finale aired, Ingelsby told Esquire that there was never even a conversation about a season two.

“We didn’t ever talk about returning…it’s very much a closed story,” he said. “I think you’ve seen that now, the story ends. I think all the loose ends get tied up. I hope so at least. But I think if we could ever crack a story that was as emotional and surprising, then I think maybe there’s a conversation. I don’t have that in my head right now, but I mean, listen, I love Mare. If we could ever give her a great season, I would certainly consider it. I would only do it if I was convinced we could make it great, though. I wouldn’t do it just because you have a chance to do it. I would want to make sure that it was as rich and compelling as I hope this season has been.”

This is not a new issue for HBO. Big Little Lies became a smash hit when it premiered in 2017, and while it competed at the Emmys in the Limited Series category, HBO soon got author Liane Moriarty to write more story for a second season. They even got Meryl Streep to join the already A-list cast, but there are few who would argue that the second season was even close to as good as the first season. 

Sometimes, a limited series can just be a limited series, but we also wouldn’t say no to whatever Ingelsby may or may not cook up.

Mare of Easttown aired on HBO.

Prepare to Feel Inspired By the First Golden Buzzer Winner of America's Got Talent Season 16

America's Got Talent's season 16 premiere revealed the first Golden Buzzer winner, as Howie Mandel awarded it to a truly heartwarming act. Watch the segment, here.

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America’s Got Talent‘s 16th season got started with bang.

Judge Howie Mandel used the year’s first Golden Buzzer during the season premiere on Tuesday, June 1, awarding the honor to New York’s Northwell Health Nurse Choir. The collection of frontline workers performed an emotional mash-up of Bill Withers‘ “Lean on Me” and Ben E. King‘s “Stand by Me.”

Winnie Mele, a 64-year-old health professional, told viewers in a pre-recorded segment, “What makes this choir so special is, we’re all frontline nurses. You know, we’re not professional singers. We take care of patients.”

The 18-nurse ensemble then took the stage, and before they started singing, Winnie went on to tell the judges what they hope to accomplish during their time together. 

“We know that there’s a lot of us out there that is still hurting,” she shared. “And we’re hoping to just shoot out some joy and some love, and to let them know that we found our resilience, and we’re hoping that they do as well.” 

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America’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer Moments

The performance clearly blew away all four judges, with Simon Cowell enthusing, “We need you, the world needs you. It’s going to touch a lot of people.” He added, “People are going to remember this audition—I’m going to remember this audition.”

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Howie then told the choir, “One word comes to mind, and it’s heroic, in every way, and what a perfect song.” He then stood up and hit the Golden Buzzer, meaning this is the one act he is allowed to send directly to the next round. 

As fans know, Howie has a solid track record with his choices. After all, his season 15 Golden Buzzer pick, spoken-word poet Brandon Leake, ended up as the season’s champ.

Check out the special performance in the above tweet. 

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Why I Probably Won't Ever Rewatch Grey's Anatomy's PandemicFilled Season 17

This has been a tough season of Grey's Anatomy in more ways than one, and it's one I plan to skip during my next binge watch.

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Nobody ever anticipated having to make TV in a global pandemic. 

To be fair, nobody ever anticipated having to do most things during a global pandemic, because of all the disasters most people plan for, pandemics are towards the bottom of the list. Pandemics are for dystopian dramas and horror movies. Pandemics are practically fictional, until they suddenly aren’t. 

There was no guidebook for how we were supposed to handle the past year and a half, or for how TV shows and movies were supposed to function. Sure, there were CDC-recommended guidelines for how to keep things safe off screen, but there was no screenwriting book about how to accurately portray a pandemic on screen, no film studies about whether or not that’s even a good idea. There was also no earthly way of knowing how much the world might change between production and air date, so a lot of creative teams were really rolling the dice this past year. 

But now, as we cautiously approach a world that looks a lot more like normal, we have the benefit of hindsight. We now know what it feels like to be in a pandemic, watching a fictional version of that pandemic on our favorite TV shows. We know what it’s like to watch at least one of our favorite characters almost die from COVID-19. We now know what it’s like to watch dialogue through masks. And we now know that we don’t love it.

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Grey’s Anatomy is one of my favorite shows of all time. I’ve watched it multiple times over, binging it like it’s water and I’m dying of thirst. The next time I do that, I’ll be skipping season 17. 

Back in mid-2020, showrunner Krista Vernoff revealed in a Hollywood Reporter interview that originally, she had decided to skip covering the pandemic on the show. She was having pandemic fatigue, and she gave her writers the opportunity to change her mind, which they obviously did. The doctors on staff, known as “Team Medical,” convinced her that the biggest medical show on TV needed to cover the biggest medical story ever. 

That makes total sense, and I know that if I had been the one to make that decision back in summer 2020, I would have said the same. It wasn’t necessarily a mistake to address the pandemic on the show, and I’m not even mad that they gave Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) a case of COVID so bad that she was in a coma for weeks. The mistake that Grey’s Anatomy (and subsequently Station 19) made is that they chose to set their season premieres firmly in April 2020, back when things were very bad—case-wise, and emotion-wise. 

We were all frantically washing our hands and wiping down the groceries we either panic-bought or guiltily had someone else deliver to us, counting on the estimated “few weeks” that we might be having to deal with this. We were worried about toilet paper supply and working from home, while doctors were still trying to figure out how to treat a new, mysterious disease, while battling endless amounts of misinformation about masks and cures. It was weird and miserable, and things got better, but also worse, from there. 

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When Grey’s returned in November, that trip back through time didn’t feel so strange. We were still in the thick of the pandemic, with cases in Los Angeles about to hit their worst numbers all year. Then, in early 2021, numbers started to creep back down. The vaccine started rolling out, and the world started opening back up again, but Grey’s and Station 19 were still in May 2020. 

By the time those two shows got to the death of George Floyd, the real world was almost a full year ahead, watching Derek Chauvin‘s trial play out. The firefighters of Station 19 are just now joining the protests and addressing the damage done by some protest infiltrators who burned down Vic’s (Barrett Doss) family restaurant. On Grey’s, Schmitt (Jake Borelli) just joined a vaccine trial. In the real world, we’ve moved on to other versions of these stories with a whole lot of new context, and it’s not just hard to watch these shows that are so far behind. It’s annoying. It’s exhausting. We’re living in a new world, and I don’t ever want to go back to the old one, especially not in the form of the shows I used to consider a favorite escape. 

It’s not that these current seasons aren’t good, generally. They’re telling important stories about one of the strangest things that most living humans have ever experienced, and they’re doing it in a way that I would have found fascinating if I were watching them do it a year ago. The problem is that I’m not watching them do it a year ago. I’m watching them do it now, in a vastly different, post-vaccine world. And now, I don’t ever want to go back to then.  

It’s not just Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 that I don’t think I’ll be able to rewatch when this time is firmly behind us. The final season of Superstore will forever be tainted, and while This Is Us did an extremely palatable job of addressing the pandemic, masks were still present. Some shows only exist at all because of the pandemic, and you will never catch me watching those again unless I’m writing some sort of 2020 history book. Even then, probably not! Same for the many Zoom reunion specials that felt, at the time, like the greatest gift. Now, they’re just upsetting. 

So far, there’s exactly one pandemic-era piece of content that feels like something I won’t mind revisiting in a few years, or at least one that feels good to watch right now, and that’s Bo Burnham: Inside, which is currently streaming on Netflix.

I don’t want to see people wearing masks or joking about grocery shopping or talking to each other on Zoom, but it turns out that I do want to see a 30-year-old comedian having a year-long mental breakdown over the course of an hour and a half. This was the year of slowly losing our minds while the world fell apart, worrying simultaneously about the health of our sourdough starter and the need for justice reform in the United States. Inside only actually mentions the pandemic a couple of times, but it’s a perfect encapsulation of what it’s been like to exist recently—laying on the floor, Facetiming parents, contemplating capitalism, watching YouTube, being afraid to even step outside.

Grey’s Anatomy put Meredith in a COVID coma to reunite her with her dead husband and dead best friend and dead sister, and then killed off her most recent boyfriend via stabbing. It just…wasn’t what I was in the mood for. I emerged a new person somewhere in early spring 2021, and Grey’s was still chugging along, waiting for Meredith to wake up back in June. 

Luckily, Grey’s won’t be torturing us for very much longer. Star Kelly McCreary, who plays the presently engaged Maggie Pierce, confirmed to E! News that the finale will do some time-jumping to catch the show up to present day. She also hinted that perhaps the viewers weren’t the only ones who were starting to struggle with the show being so behind the times. 

“We do move through time to sort of catch the world of Grey’s up to where we are now,” she said. “I think it was really worthwhile to spend a lot of time in the COVID storylines just because there was a lot of story to tell there, but it did start to feel a little bit like, ‘Oh god, I’m so eager, so eager, for these characters to experience some of the relief that the rest of us are.’ It’s really cool. We get to move through time and see and see things changing a little bit, and the sun kind of coming out over Grey Sloan.” 

It’s about damn time. 

Grey’s Anatomy‘s season 17 finale airs Thursday, June 3 at 9 p.m. on ABC.